Kazuo Sagawa
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Kazuo Sagawa (佐川 和夫 Sagawa Kazuo) is a Japanese special effects director best recognized for his work with Tsuburaya Productions (TsuPro) and Toei. A student of Eiji Tsuburaya since 1959, Sagawa was an immediate employee of TsuPro upon its foundation in 1963. He worked first as a cameraman, making his debut as a special effects director on episode 4 of the company's Mighty Jack. Sagawa notably directed effects for eight shows in the Ultra Series over a span of three decades, as well as numerous other TsuPro series. Between 1979 and 1996, he worked on five productions for Toei, including two Super Sentai shows and the Kamen Rider film Eight Riders vs. King Galaxy. He has also directed the effects for several foreign-Japanese co-productions.
Selected filmography
Special effects assistant camera
- Monkey Sun (1959) [uncredited]
- The Three Treasures (1959) [uncredited]
- Ultra Q (TV 1966) [unknown number of episodes; uncredited]
Special effects cinematographer
- Ultraman (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 1, 4, 6-39]
- Ultraseven (TV 1967-1968) [episodes 4, 6-7, 10-11, 17-20, 23]
- Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episodes 1-2, 9]
- Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-7, 9]
Cinematographer
- Monster Booska (TV 1966-1967) [episodes 23, 26-27, 29, 31, 33-34, 37, 42, 45]
- Chibira (TV 1970-1971) [unknown number of episodes]
- Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 1-4, 8, 10-12]
- The Unbalance Zone (TV 1973) [episode 8]
Director of special effects
- Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episodes 4-5, 7, 10, 12]
- Fight! Mighty Jack (TV 1968) [episodes 2-3, 7, 12-13, 16-18, 21-22, 25-26]
- Operation: Mystery (TV 1968-1969) [episodes 20, 22, 26]
- Return of Ultraman (TV 1971-1972) [episodes 13-14, 18-19, 28-29, 34-36, 41-42, 45-46]
- Mirror Man (TV 1971-1972) [episode 32]
- Ultraman Ace (TV 1972-1973) [episodes 1-4, 7-8, 11-14, 19-20, 28-29, 32-33, 45-46]
- Fireman (TV 1973) [episodes 1-6, 8-9, 17-18, 22-24, 27-30]
- The Unbalance Zone (TV 1973) [episodes 12-13]
- Jumborg Ace (TV 1973) [episode 50; with Yoshiyuki Yoshimura]
- Ultraman Taro (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 1, 24-25]
- Jumborg Ace and Giant (1974)
- Army of the Apes (TV 1974-1975) [all 26 episodes]
- Six Ultra Brothers vs. the Monster Army (1974)
- The Last Dinosaur (1977)
- Space Wolf (TV 1978) [all 24 episodes]
- Monkey (TV 1978-1980) [episodes 11-12, 29-30, 33-34, 36, 51-52]
- Ultraman 80 (TV 1980-1981) [episodes 17-18, 21-22, 25-26, 29-30, 33-34, 37-38, 41-42, 46-47, 50]
- The Cat (1991) [with Shinji Higuchi]
- Gridman (TV 1993-1994) [all 39 episodes]
- Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (TV 1994-1995) [stock footage; all 53 episodes]
- Ultraman Tiga (TV 1996-1997) [episodes 47-48]
- Ultraman Dyna (TV 1997-1998) [episodes 3-4, 9-10, 17-18, 23-24, 27-28, 33-34, 38-40]
- Ultraman Gaia (TV 1998-1999) [episodes 1-2, 7-8, 13-14, 21-22, 27-28, 35-36, 43-44, 50-51]
- Ultraman Cosmos (TV 2001-2002) [episodes 1-3, 10, 15-16, 21-22, 26, 29-30, 39-42, 51-54, 63-65]
- Ultraman Cosmos: The First Contact (2001)
Director
- Ultraman・Ultra Seven: Giant Monster Extreme Battle (1969)
- Cyber Cop (1989)
Miscellaneous
- Tokyo Blackout (1987) - Special effects supervisor [with Takeshi Miyanishi]
Gallery
Sagawa (left) with Hajime Tsuburaya on the set of Ultraman
External links
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